Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher IIIis an American politician from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from...
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My understanding (of state law) is these are public companies and the amount of shares I owned were insignificant, and I didn't see any conflict.
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We're a state of opportunity that is attracting about 1,100 people a day into our state.
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This state is $32 billion behind in fixing roads. Why not let private enterprise own and build roads?
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The state is about $37 billion behind in overall transportation needs. We just don't have the money to do all the things we want to do.
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Rate relief is a short-term solution and should be tied to long-term fixes. I applaud Governor Bush and state lawmakers for considering my proposals to provide relief to homeowners as well as long-term, comprehensive reforms of Citizens and our insurance market.
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I commend our investigators and prosecutors for their tenacity in making our state a national leader in combating insurance fraud. We will not give up the fight to protect Floridians from the danger and cost inflicted by insurance fraud schemes.
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There is a big 'Trust me' in this deal, particularly with the French government retaining a stake. But the key issue is job cuts.
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We just happen to disagree with how we would lead this state.
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There are probably two areas that were not really fulfilled and I have to credit Laura with really making a difference in my life. One is the power and the importance of the Bible and spending time reading it ... The other really key part to my life is having a relationship with Jesus and understanding that prayer's important, the Bible's important, but that relationship is really what counts.
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We need to continue to see to it that we have a world class education. If we do that, that takes care of so many problems.
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We will have enough money to get our message out.
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What's happening is that you have a conservationist attitude in the public -- they want to preserve what has been achieved rather than blowing it. The public really wants to keep the status quo and they are most interested in voting for a candidate who preserves that status quo.
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We all are equally responsible for the rates, all four of us - not that that makes rates acceptable to anybody, ... But (insurance regulator) Kevin McCarty has to balance two conflicting areas, affordability and accessibility. If government mandates affordability, suddenly there will be no availability.
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I don't get to pick which issues have come to me in my career, ... They come to me and I have to deal with them, like Hurricane Andrew. I work hard and I'm there.